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A distinctive feature of Greek culture was an interest in the interrelationships between persuasion (peitho), deception and violence. In this study, R. Buxton examines the concept of peitho before analysing plays by Aischylos, Sophokles and Euripides in which persuasion plays a major role. This item: Persuasion in Greek Tragedy: A Study of Peitho. There's a problem loading this menu right now.

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The Journal of Hellenic Studies. Volume 105. November 1985, p. 200. (R. Buxton Persuasion in Greek tragedy: a study of peitho. Cambridge, et. Cambridge University Press. Pp. xiii + 247, 4 plates. Stanstead Bury, Hertfordshire.

A distinctive feature of Greek culture was an awareness of the power of words, and an interest in the interrelationships between persuasion (peitho), deception and violence

book by Richard Buxton. A distinctive feature of Greek culture was an awareness of the power of words, and an interest in the interrelationships between persuasion (peitho), deception and violence. These issues figured with some prominence in Greek plays.

In Greek mythology, Peitho is the goddess who personifies persuasion and seduction. Her Roman name is Suada or Suadela. She was typically presented as an important companion of Aphrodite. Her opposite is Bia, the personification of force. As a personification, she was sometimes imagined as a goddess and sometimes an abstract force; her name was used both as a common and proper noun

Persuasion in Greek Tragedy: A Study of Peitho. ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS INTRODUCTION PART I: THEMES IN MYTH 1. Imaginary Greek Mountains 2. Wolves and Werewolves in Greek Thought 3. Mythological Names: The Case of melas 4. The Myth o. More).

Persuasion in Greek Tragedy: A Study of Peitho. Ann L. Brown, Richard G A Buxton. List of plates Preface Abbreviations Note on translations and transliteration Introduction 1. The persuasive word in Greece 2. Peitho 3. Aischylos. Imaginary Greece: The Contexts of Mythology.

In this study, R. Buxton examines the Greek concept of peitho (persuasion) before analysing plays by Aischylos, Sophokles and Euripides. One of the difficulties in appreciating the literature of a foreign culture, and even more that of an ancient one, is to be sensitive to the overtones that certain concepts held for the original audience. A distinctive feature of Greek culture was an awar. ENG. Number of Pages. Shipping: US$ . 5 Within . Destination, rates & speeds.